सर्गः ४४
In which Rāma crosses Gaṅgā to splendid Viśālā and hears Viśvāmitra tell ocean churning, Vāruṇī choice, and Indra triumph
Rāma marvels at Viśvāmitra narration and ponders overnight with Lakṣmaṇa — At dawn Rāma boards waiting boat and crosses Gaṅgā — Party reaches north bank and beholds splendid Viśālā city — Rāma asks Viśvāmitra which dynasty rules Viśālā — Viśvāmitra tells gods churning ocean with Vāsuki and Mandara — Dhanvantari and sixty-crore Apsarases arise unclaimed and stay common — Vāruṇī arises and gods claim her while demons refuse her — Uccaiḥśravas, Kaustubha, and Amr̥ta arise; gods slay demons and Indra rules